What Straight Razor Did You Use Today?

Wusyhof Trident stainless 13/16 - another NOS razor from my friend Jamie Mahoney
Le Pere Lucien Fourgere w/Coates lavender crème
Rooney 26 mm silvertip
Floid Blue

 

I be using my Friodur Inox for my first pass today. Im limiting myself to one pass and clean up with a DE until I get a dozen or so shaves under my belt. My confidence is improving each time I use it.

 

That's a great way to start out, just keep at it and it will become second nature

 

Things are getting better each time I use the straight. I made almost an entire first pass without incident until getting a little confused with angle under my bottom lip and kinda stuck the blade into my face (soul patch area). I was kinda shaken and decided to stop. Cleaned up with a DE for a near BBS.

 

Do you own any razors that doesn't look NOS or mint?

 

WOW!

 

October 11th SOTD
Two and a half days’ growth
Preshave: Hot Shower
Razor: unrestored J. Wostenholm EBRO, from around 1865
Strop: Drygulch Leatherworks Oiled Latigo (20 laps linen/ 20 laps leather pre, 10 /10 post)
Brush: Handturned Tulip Poplar Badger
Soap: Barrister & Mann Seville with M-bomb
Postshave: Cold Water Rinse, Alum Block, Thayer’s Witch Hazel
Aftershave: Aqua Velva Classic Ice Blue

Continuing my focus on Wedge razors this month, up next is a Dubl Duck Satinedge or a Union Cutlery Spike, depending on if I have enough time to get the Spike shave ready tomorrow.

 

I can answer that one. No Jamie only owns NOS rare beauties

 

SOTD
Fritz Bracht Tennis razor 13/16 - newly aquired and needs a little polishing but all in all a very nice piece and not easy to find. It too three attempts to get this one shave ready but now it has a killer edge. I was ready to send it to Glen Mercurio but it fianlly popped for me
Caties La gardenia - one of the best ever soaps, lot's of easy lather with a bunch of glide and slickness. The scent is awesome too
FS 28 mm finest badger
Floid Black Label AS

 

lucky duck!

 

I love the simplicity of beauty of this razor...you don't always need gold wash and decorative scales to be beautiful!

 

How quiet is the shave with that wedge?

 

It is very quiet compared to the Red Imp full hollow I was using last month. Stropping is also much quieter. You can hear the linen and the leather, but the blade isn't singing.

 

Does it shave through your heaviest beard growth very easy without skipping a beat?

 

Michael Waterhouse custom for Barbers 8/8
Kanayama Cordovan #8000
Shavemac Silvertip two band
Catie's Bubbles Fouet L'Orange
L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger balm
L'Occitane Cedre & Oranger Edt

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ESE 15/16 with a 3.5 inch blade and a French point - this is the biggest razor in my arsenal
Caties le Piment de le vie
Floid Vigoroso
Brushcraft handle w/FS extra dense silvertip

 

Yup, as long as I use short strokes and strech my skin well.

 

Palmera

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SOTD Tuesday

 

First shave since last Thursday....